The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-12-24
SHE MARRIES LATE.
One Of the Common Characteristic s
the Boston Girl.
From the st. Louis Globe.1


The Boston society girl, as rule does
not marry young. In this hyperborean
climate the female of our species bios
SONS late. At 20 she is simply bud,
and she does not fairly bloom until she
is three or four years older. In cold
countries women, like vegetable growths
develope slowly. Here it is winter
eight months in the year, and there is
small chance for anything to sprout. At
sweet 16 the sprightly maiden of our
modern Athens is in pinafores. At 10
she is still in short dresses, going to
school; for this is the English style, YOU
know, and whatever is British "goes'
In this town. If she is younger sister
her servitude in the nursery is well nigh
hopeless. But even after she has emer-
ged from the chrysalis of immaturity
into the condition of the fashionable
butterfly her education is indefinitely
continued. In the intervals of social
dissipation she is obliged to attend all
sorts of lectures on the most abstruse
subjects. She pursues eccentric courses
of reading, and acquires an intimate
knowledge of strange religions and out
of-theway PHILOSOPHERS. In classes with
the others of her sex she occupies her
time in cultivating the arts and sciences.
Thus she is able to attain degree of
mental superiority which renders it pos
siEle for her to look down with immeas-
urable contempt upon her fellow crea-
lures in pantaloOns. In case she does
not marry, this scorn of the inferior mas
culine gender is likely to be steadily and
progressively aggravated with advanc-
ing years.
have observed with pain that Boston
women generally seem TO consider 1t
quite the thing to look down upon the
men. 1t is very hard. 1 really connot
imagine why its SO. But they do. It
appears to be the fashion here to regard
the male animal of the genus homo as
rather necessary evil than otherwise.
As . producer of money he is useful,
but in all else not particularly desirable.
Ii available as partner in marriage he
receives the attention due to such rari-
ty; but once disposed Of matrimonially
he lapses into the forlorn condition Of
other Benedicts, who pass their time,
when not engaged in business, lounging
at the clubs, while their wives are busy
forwarding the work of societies for the
advancement of human knowledge in
various branches. 1 was talking the
other day with a fair acquaintance Of
mine about the recently announced en-
gagement Of q girl we both knew.
"What sort of fellow is the prospective
husbanda" 1 asked.
"Oh, harmless" was the reply, with q
shrug of the shoulders which was evil
IDENTIFY intended to express a conviction
that a mountaineering disposition was
the best thing to be expected in a man.
At any rate, this is the view entertain
ed by the typical young woman of our
enlightened metropolis. She marries
late If at all, because the young man
originally too few in number to supply
the market-must struggle long and
hard In this overcrowded community
before they find themselves in a posi-
ton to support family. 1 would
strongly advise the Boston girl to 600
West" and seek a refuge from old maid. |
enhood in far Dakota or Montana, where
anything in petticoats is at premium.